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Crews respond to several fires in King County on Wednesday
SEATTLE - Fire agencies throughout King County responded to multiple fires on Wednesday. The separate fires left two dead and several injured. A person died, and six others were injured in an apartment building fire in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood. The people who were injured were taken to the hospital –...
King County awards $1.2 million grant to Kent for salmon restoration
The King County Flood Control Board approved an $1.275 million grant to the city of Kent for salmon habitat restoration along the Green River. The funds, approved Tuesday, July 9, will help restore local floodplains, improve salmon habitat and reduce flood risk along the Green River, according to a King County Flood Control Board news release.
12 local women-owned businesses launch summer passport program
For the rest of the summer, local women-owned businesses throughout southeast King County are participating in a passport program, highlighting their respective businesses. Twelve businesses throughout Maple Valley, Covington and Black Diamond that are owned by female entrepreneurs have officially launched the Women-Owned Summer Passport program, where shoppers and patrons can collect a stamp of each business, follow each business on Instagram and then become eligible for a weekly raffle prize and collective grand prize raffle drawing worth over $1,500.
Driver alert: The Third Major Construction Project Begins July 15 in the Snoqualmie River Valley. Closures Affect Local Drivers and Bicyclists on Many Popular Routes
*Editor’s Note: These projects have been posted separately over the past few weeks. This post is a reminder of all the construction work coming up. King County is starting another major road construction project in the Snoqualmie River Valley. On July 15, contractor crews near Duvall will close NE Woodinville-Duvall Road west of Duvall to all traffic to remove and replace the bridge deck over the Duvall Slough.
County’s communicable disease chief urges COVID precautions
Editor’s Note: With a summertime COVID-19 case untick in King County, as across the U.S., local public health officials are urging precautions. Here, Dr. Eric Chow, Chief of Communicable Disease for Public Health—Seattle & King County, talks about the current surge and how to apply the knowledge we’ve gained since the start of the pandemic to family lives and daily activities, particularly at times when COVID-19 is increasing in the community.
State program spends $1 million to get 37 ‘disadvantaged’ people driver's licenses
(The Center Square) – A program set up in King County through the state Department of Licensing and funded by the state Legislature has spent nearly $1 million teaching “disadvantaged” women to drive, with just 37 women actually obtaining their licenses in a five-month period. King County...
'I've never met evil like this': Washington State Patrol trooper shot by suspect speaks in court
KENT, Wash. — Trooper Raymond Seaburg didn't know if he would ever walk again when a suspect shot him nine times in both legs earlier this year. But on Tuesday, he walked into a King County courtroom and spoke about the shooting, describing his initial fear and his recovery, while the man accused of shooting him sat just a few feet away.
With homelessness rising, KCRHA-backed nonprofits call for more housing, funding
(The Center Square) – Nonprofit organizations working to address the worsening homelessness crisis in King County say the need for housing is higher than the region’s current capacity, even as more public dollars are funneled to the cause. The King County Regional Homelessness Authority has served as the organization responsible for coordinating funding and services for unhoused people across all of King County since 2019. The agency funded 60 organizations...
Seattle summers are no longer reliably mild
Seattle residents are accustomed to wearing rain jackets and sweatshirts year-round. Binder: “Living in the Seattle region in western Washington, there’s a tendency to think that heat is a problem everywhere else but here. We typically have very mild summers.”. But Lara Whitely Binder, the climate preparedness program...
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